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Since retaining walls can be damaged if water saturates the soil behind them, make sure to build a retaining wall with drainage features.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
According to a preliminary investigation by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) as well as the autopsy report, the Cybertruck jumped a curb, hit a tree and retaining wall, then came to rest with the front end of the vehicle partly wrapped around the tree.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The Audi struck a stone retaining wall before coming to rest.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
The next week during the summer Daytona race, Josh Berry’s car flipped on its roof and skidded, nose first, into an inside retaining wall.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
According to a preliminary investigation by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) as well as the autopsy report, the Cybertruck jumped a curb, hit a tree and retaining wall, then came to rest with the front end of the vehicle partly wrapped around the tree.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The Audi struck a stone retaining wall before coming to rest.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
The next week during the summer Daytona race, Josh Berry’s car flipped on its roof and skidded, nose first, into an inside retaining wall.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retaining wall
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“Retaining wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retaining%20wall. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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